Number One Killer on the Job is Driving

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation and material moving occupations accounted for about one in every four work-related deaths in 2011, the last year for which data is available. Across all occupations, transportation incidents accounted for over 40 percent of all work-related deaths, more than all incidents of workplace violence, fatal slips, trips, and falls, and workers being struck by falling objects or powered vehicles not operating normally combined. The leading killers on the job are vehicles and the people that operate them.

The good news is that driving deaths are preventable. Good driving safety habits and safety procedures can be learned, and proper driver training can reduce these unnecessary driving deaths. Commercial training can give workers the skills they need to prevent vehicle accidents, thus helping to reduce costs caused by vehicle accidents.

Commercial driving instruction and driver training are not just for professional drivers. No matter what your business does, if you have vehicles on the road, you drivers deserve to have the highest quality safety procedures in place to prevent driving deaths. Commercial driving instruction equips your workers with the driving safety habits that provide tangible benefits in the workplace and beyond. Professional driving instruction reduces liability and reduces costs for repair and replacement of damaged vehicles, as well as medical and insurance costs due to vehicular accidents, savings that will easily offset the cost of the training.

Every day, an average of five Americans lose their lives on the job due to transportation incidents. Companies lose valuable workers and families lose loved ones that can never be replaced. You don’t ever want to be the one who tells a family that their loved one is never coming home because they lost their lives on the job, and you don’t need to be. This killer can be stopped. Investing in commercial training can help ensure that your drivers come home every time.

Having drivers on the road is both an asset and a liability. Ultimate Defensive Driving can help you reduce your liability and get the best out of your valuable drivers and their vehicles. Ultimate Defensive Driving is a PA state certified school with National Safety Council certified instructors such as James Clair.

Headquartered near Pittsburgh, PA, Ultimate Defensive Driving School has been serving individual and commercial clients in the Pittsburgh area and beyond since 2006.